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/hooh"veuhr vil'/, n.a collection of huts and shacks, as at the edge of a city, housing the unemployed during the 1930s.[H. HOOVER + -ville, suffix in place names ( < F: city < L; see VILLA)]
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Hooverville
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Hooverville — 1933, American English, from U.S. president Herbert C. Hoover (1874 1964), who was in office when the Depression began, + common place name ending ville. Earlier his name was the basis of Hooverize economize on food (1917) from his role as… … Etymology dictionary
Hooverville — A Hooverville was the popular name for a shanty town built by homeless men in the depression years. The term was coined by Charles Michelson, publicity chief of the Democratic National Committee. [Hans Kaltenborn, It Seems Like Yesterday (1956) p … Wikipedia
Hooverville — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Hoover. Hooverville le long de la rivière Willamette à Portland, Oregon (Arthur Rothstein). Hooverville est un terme anglais désignant une … Wikipédia en Français
Hooverville — noun Etymology: Herbert Hoover + ville Date: 1933 a shantytown of temporary dwellings during the depression years in the United States; broadly any similar area of temporary dwellings … New Collegiate Dictionary
Hooverville — noun Any of many shantytowns established by the homeless in the United States in the Great Depression of the early twentieth century … Wiktionary
Hooverville — n. shantytown of temporary housing for the poor and homeless during the 1930s Great Depression period in the U.S.A.; area of temporary residence … English contemporary dictionary
hooverville — hoo·ver·ville … English syllables
Hooverville — Hoo•ver•ville [[t]ˈhu vərˌvɪl[/t]] n. gov a collection of huts and shacks housing the unemployed, esp. in the U.S. during the 1930s • Etymology: 1930 35; after Herbert Hoover+ ville … From formal English to slang
